Tag: Crime and Incidents

NYC Police Cruiser Kills Pedestrian in Multivehicle Accident

New York — A New York City police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old woman in a multivehicle accident while responding to an emergency call, police said. The crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. Officials said the police SUV had its emergency lights on and was about…


Trial Ordered in Shooting That Killed 1 Officer, Wounded 2nd

Pittsburgh — A man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of one police officer and the wounding of another in western Pennsylvania earlier this month. Johnathan Jermia Morris, 31, of McKeesport is charged in Allegheny County with criminal homicide, attempted homicide and assault of a law enforcement officer and firearms crimes…


2 Train Derailments Have Similar Risks, Different Outcomes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Police Chief Jason Wright feared the worst as he rushed to the scene of a freight train derailment in Michigan’s Van Buren Township, mindful of a fiery rail crash this month in Ohio that led to evacuations and a toxic chemical release. Instead, the situation a half-hour’s drive west of Detroit was far…


Report: FBI Says Bomb Threat to Texas Flight Not Credible

EL PASO, Texas—A bomb threat against an American Airlines flight that diverted the plane from the tarmac of a Texas airport Friday was not credible, a law enforcement official said. An FBI official said the passengers on the noon flight from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago were not in danger despite the threat, KVIA-TV reported….


2nd Shooting This Year at Largest Indiana Mall Wounds 1

INDIANAPOLIS—A male was shot Friday at an Indianapolis shopping mall in the second shooting there this year, police said. The victim was discovered with a gunshot wound inside the Castleton Square mall, and mall security gave him medical attention before police arrived, Officer William Young, of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, said at the scene….


U-Haul Rampage Victim Died Striving for ‘American Dream’

NEW YORK—Three years ago, YiJie Ye was on a routine delivery run in Brooklyn on his motorized scooter when he was in a crash with another vehicle. The collision left the father of three injured and unable to work, but soon he was back on the road supporting his children. On Monday, he was hit…


Small Jet Slides Off Houston Runway, Causing Delays

HOUSTON—A small jet slid off a runway at a Houston airport on Friday, halting flights for several hours, officials said. The jet landed at Hobby Airport, a Southwest Airlines hub, just before noon and slid off the runaway and onto a grassy area located between two runway safety areas. The white and yellow jet had…


Court Hears Josh Duggar’s Appeal of Child Porn Conviction

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—An attorney for Josh Duggar asked a federal appeals court panel on Thursday to reverse the former reality TV star’s conviction for downloading child pornography, saying investigators violated his rights by seizing the phone he was using to try to call his lawyer during the search that found the images. Attorneys for Duggar…


Pete Buttigieg’s Tweet on Train Regulations ‘Misinterpreted’: Department of Transportation

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg shared tweets that, by his department’s assessment, were misinterpreted and led to some confusion about the cause of the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Buttigieg addressed the train derailment in a lengthy Twitter thread on Feb. 14. In the thread, Buttigieg said his department has made “historic investments…


California Convicted Triple-Murderer Freed From Life Sentence Under ‘Compassionate Release’

A former Westminster attorney and co-founder of an Orange County motorcycle club who has been incarcerated for nearly 40 years for three murders in 1980 has been ordered to be released within 48 hours due to California’s compassionate release laws after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, authorities announced Feb. 16. Thomas F. Maniscalco, 78,…